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Penn State Law Review Annual Symposium registration now open

2/14/17

Penn State Law Review (PSLR) will present “Breach of the Public (Dis)Trust: Political Corruption and Government Ethics in 2017” from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 17, in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law. The full program will be simulcast to University Park. Registration is available online.

Monique Lin-Luse, assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund

BLSA to host featured speaker in honor of Black History Month

2/14/17

Monique Lin-Luse, assistant counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense and Education Fund, will deliver a keynote focused on desegregation of schools and educational issues on Monday, Feb. 27, as part of Black History Month. Hosted by Dickinson Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA), her lecture will take place at 6 p.m. in Lewis Katz Hall, room 112, Carlisle.

Joseph T. McDonald Scholarship

Dickinson Law's Francesca Kester receives Joseph T. McDonald Scholarship

1/30/17

Third-year law student Francesca Kester was named the 2016 recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Joseph T. McDonald Scholarship. Michael J. McDonald, a 1979 alumnus and managing partner of McDonald and MacGregor LLC, presented the award to Kester in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, located in Lewis Katz Hall at Dickinson Law.

Dickinson Law students offer free tax services

1/30/17

Dickinson Law students are offering free tax preparation services to people with low and fixed incomes, people who have disabilities or special needs, and senior citizens aged 60 or older.

Dickinson Law students work alongside courthouse canine as part of in-house legal clinic

Dickinson Law students work alongside courthouse canine

1/17/17

Law students in Dickinson Law’s Children’s Advocacy Clinic represent children who have been through stressful and traumatic experiences, often resulting in intense cases in the courtroom. They now have a partner who’s helping to relieve some of the anxiety that children experience while testifying at the Cumberland County Courthouse. Third-year Dickinson Law student Rue-Ann Gabriel (left) meets Diego and his handler, Lindsay Baird, at the Cumberland County Courthouse.

Dickinson Law's Public Interest Law Fund Auction fundraiser set for March 16

1/17/17

The Public Interest Law Fund Auction (PILF) will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. on March 16 at Carlisle Comfort Suites. The annual auction serves as PILF’s main fundraising event, and all monies raised directly fund summer fellowships for Dickinson Law students at nonprofit legal organizations or government agencies.

Professor of Law Dermot Groome featured presenter at International Humanitarian Law Conference in Jerusalem

Groome featured presenter at international humanitarian law conference

11/29/16

Dickinson Law Professor Dermot Groome presented his research titled "Child Soldiers – Both Victims and Combatants: Is There Anything International Humanitarian Law Can Do?" at the 11th annual Minerva-International Committee of the Red Cross Conference on Contemporary Challenges in International Humanitarian Law on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at Senate Hall, Mount Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Tim Wise at Abington

Presidential election focus of discussions, meetings

11/16/16

Following last week’s presidential election, students, faculty and staff across the University have been organizing informal gatherings, round-tables and panel sessions to discuss this year’s election, related media coverage and the results. Here is a look at some of the discussions that have happened and are scheduled to take place.

Eight selected to receive Distinguished Alumni Awards in 2017

11/4/16

The Penn State Board of Trustees on Nov. 4 selected eight Penn State alumni to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, the University's highest honor presented to its alumni. The following individuals will be officially notified of their selection by the board and invited to accept the award from the University in June 2017.

Gary Gildin

Gary Gildin named dean of Dickinson Law

11/4/16

On Nov. 4, the Penn State Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Gary Gildin as dean of Dickinson Law, one of The Dickinson Schools of Law, effective immediately. Gildin, a professor of law and current interim dean, will remain in this leadership role until a comprehensive national search to fill the position is conducted and concluded, anticipated for during the 2018‐19 academic year.

First-year Dickinson Law student Nader Amer consults with Penn State Children's Hospital pediatric resident Nathan McConkey and second-year law student Emily Paul.

Mock trial exposes law students and pediatric residents to medical negligence

10/31/16

Law and medicine intersect in a variety of ways — yet most lawyers and physicians don’t have opportunities to learn and work inter-professionally during their training. That’s not the case for Dickinson Law students and Penn State Children’s Hospital pediatric medicine residents. At its annual “Treating Medical Errors: A Medical-Legal Colloquium,” eight law students and nine pediatric medicine residents presented an abbreviated civil trial centered on the issues of proving and defending against claims of medical negligence.

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